Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Directors Bay, Curacao
17 August, 2014
- Team Leader
- The fishing line challenge continues: cleaning up Directors Bay, Curacao
- Number of Participants
- 12
- Total Debris Collected
- 6 kgs (estimated)
12.068405, -68.861992
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Directors Bay, Curacao
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Dive Bus, Curacao
- City
- Willemstad
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles
- Date
- 17 August, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 12.068405
Longitude: -68.861992
- Weather Conditions
-
Calm, gentle breeze, mild current
- Survey Depth Range
- 3–22 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 100 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- coral
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 1 |
| Fishing: Line | 200 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 1 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 2 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 32 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Towels/rags | 1 |
